Cicadas chirped in the trees, figures walked in the courtyard, and intermittent conversations sounded.

“…… Gongsun Zhi came from the north with hundreds of chaotic people, what do you think about this? Whether it's true or not, it doesn't hurt for everyone to talk about it. With his hands behind him, the old man walked slowly, and several officials in the back held cloth handkerchiefs and carefully looked at the news that was not easy on it.

After a while, someone stood up: "It is reported that this person is entangled in the grassland bandits to rob the Huns and Xianbei, and last year he also sneaked into Yanmen County to kill Guo Taishou, and his heart is as ruthless as a wolf. ”

"He is Gongsun Zhan's concubine, how can there be a shortage of money, food, and straw?" There are also voices that retort, "This matter is estimated to have another hidden situation, those people think that he may be the slaves he robbed from Xianbei, the news says that he was pursued, it may be that he was forced by Kebineng's troops, so he had to come to Yuyang to seek refuge." ”

After the voice stopped, Liu Yu also stopped, looked back at this person, but did not drive Zhao Cai, stroked his beard and walked a few steps in silence: "What Zhao Beijia said may be reasonable, if this person really robbed his compatriots in the hands of the Xianbei people, he would also be a brave man......" He paused, looking at the ray of sunlight cast between the branches, "...... Gongsun Zhan's son is very similar to him. ”

"The meaning of the state pastor, the subordinates understand." Zhao Cai's short beard trembled slightly, and his eyes narrowed: "If this Gongsun stops returning to Youzhou, it will definitely increase Gongsun Zhan's strength greatly......"

Over there, the back of the old hand was raised and swung in the air.

“…… It's not like that, but I'm worried about the situation of painstaking management at the moment, this Youzhou...... The old man didn't understand why he wanted it to mess up. ”

The light cast by the gap in the trees shone on the old man's face, and he sighed quietly as he looked at the dense foliage gently swaying in the breeze.

……

“…… Old man, eat this from me. ”

Yan Rou walked in the toddler crowd, handed half a piece of rice cake to an old man, not far away, a woman holding swaddling clothes, the baby in her arms cried loudly, the young man subconsciously touched his waist, and the cloth bag wrapped around his waist was already shriveled. After a long journey of nearly a month, the dry food brought at first was almost eaten in the middle of the road, and I thought that the reinforcements to Qianping would solve the food crisis, but in the end, the Xianbei people wanted to kill them, and they also had to kill them among the Han people, all the way south, and the spirit of the team had already dissipated.

He stood there looking at the staggering crowd, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, but he felt so powerless.

"The way of the world... It is...... Such. ”

The emaciated old man patted the young man on the arm with the half of the bread, and walked over with great difficulty, and stuffed the rice cake into the woman's face, laughing with deep lines and wrinkles.

“…… If you don't pay attention, you'll die, but that's okay...... Let the little ones live...... I can't break our roots. ”

The first time was in the forest where he was attacked, and the old man shouted the sentence "Xianbei dog thief, the Han people can't be killed-" has always been remembered, and occasionally when I think about it, I have a feeling that blood is burning. The old man walked back slowly, walking ahead with a stick, his long white beard stroking in the wind.

“…… As long as the roots continue and the Han people will not end, one day they will ...... We will also let the Xianbei people taste the bitterness......" The old man said a lot to Yan Rou as he walked, and when he heard the shouting for rest in front of him, he sat down tremblingly on a rock, looking at the spirited knight over there, his cloudy eyes were slightly distracted.

Then, the corner of his mouth smiled, "Back then, I also had a son, a daughter, and a wife...... I remember that in the autumn of that year, Tanshi Huai led troops to invade the Han ...... Every family is basically dead, and the old man was taken away because of some craftsmanship, and he was locked up with cattle and sheep for thirteen years......"

The old man clenched his stick and turned his head to look at the young man, the corners of his eyes flushed.

“…… Have you ever seen people starving to death? I've seen ...... I can't remember what night it was, a woman was thrown into the sheepfold, and not far from me, she was still alive, but she was wounded all over her body, probably humiliated, and her cloak was not visible, and she writhed and struggled on the ground...... Reach out to what we want to eat...... But where do we have food...... By daybreak, she was dead, her mouth stuffed with wool, grass and dirt... That's hungry. ”

Yan Rou closed her eyes, as if she saw the picture of the woman's hunger.......

……

The leaves fall from the branches, fall to the ground, and step on.

"The old man is different from what you think, Gongsun Chan and I have a gap is private, in the public speaking, it is just a difference in political opinions, receiving Gongsun is a small matter, and it is a matter of dealing with Xianbei to be evil, the old man has been collecting these brute hearts for a long time, how can it be ruined in a moment, and I may have a loss in private, but in the public, the old man is upright and clear."

Liu Yu put his hands behind his back, his tone was powerful, and he looked at everyone: "...... If it is for a grandson, and let Youzhou start a war again, affecting more people, that is the sin of my state pastor, and when he dies, the old man will have no face to go down to see the ancestors and ancestors. ”

"You should understand, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Here, the old man took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Let's all go down, as for Gongsun Zhi, don't think about killing him, it's not a good thing to deteriorate with Gongsun Zhan, just pretend not to know, just drive him away." ”

"Yes."

……

This afternoon, the team from the north was finally about to arrive in Yuyang, and the woman who was walking in a daze was in the crowd, and suddenly her eyes lit up and pointed ahead, her lips were hoarse and she didn't know what to say. The war horse flicked its tail, and on the horseback, Zhao Cai held the reins and glanced at the ragged and fluffy Daodao figure, and then to the cavalry next to him that looked tattered but actually exuded a bloody atmosphere, and couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

He is a native of Yuyang, and he is not unfriendly to the people who come outside, and he arches his hand to the figure that is guarded by the knight over there, and his words are simple and direct: "The state pastor told that all outsiders are not allowed to enter Yuyang, and asked this leader to leave with his subordinates and people." ”

The crowd that originally had hope on their faces lost their color: "What did he say just now......"

"It's hard to make it here...... Kick us away......"

“…… We are also Han Chinese. ”

A series of sallow and thin figures made sad sounds, became helpless, as if they had lost their direction, someone in the crowd squeezed out, and a gray-haired old man walked forward tremblingly with a wooden stick, looked at the official on horseback, and knelt down abruptly.

"We... We...... It was taken captive by the Xianbei people, not a chaotic people, and now they are being chased and killed by the Xianbei people, and they have cut off food...... I can't live anymore...... Let us go into the city, and give us a little food, and we will not starve to death......"

Zhao Cai shook his head, "This official is just in accordance with the order of the state pastor, any foreign ......"

Whoosh –

A black shadow flew suddenly, before the man finished speaking, the crown hat on his head was gone, the bun hung down messily, and Zhao should cover his head in fright.

Under the thick eyebrows, he glanced at the old man on the ground with cold eyes, Yan Rou ran out of the crowd and helped the other party up from the ground, shouting heartbreakingly: "What did we do wrong, we were rejected by you, what did we do wrong-" is to pull the old man, "Get up, old man get up, we don't ask them, we don't ask them to eat grass or bark......"

Many of the crowd burst into tears.

"Liu Zhoumu really doesn't want to be accommodating?"

The tall figure on the black war horse was silent for a long time, and finally said the first words on this day. Zhao Cai looked at the man named Gongsun Zhi opposite, the horses under the seat felt a little uneasy, and wanted to escape anxiously, but he grabbed the reins, his body swayed, and shook his head: "...... Forgiveness. ”

"Forgive me...... That's a good point. Gongsun Zhi smiled, "I thought Liu Yu was generous, but I didn't expect that he was also a person with a small belly and chicken intestines......"

With a smile, with sadness, perhaps only the girl in his arms could understand the taste contained in this smile, Cai Yan turned his head to the official, and his tone choked: "Then only let the people in, we don't enter, it's always okay, right?" Look at them, they finally survived in the hands of the Xianbei people, don't force everyone to death anymore. ”

"I can give it to you...... Some rations. After a moment of silence, Zhao Ying said something like this.

Hua Xiong, Gao Sheng and other popular people shouted, patting the horse and dancing the knife to kill the past, but Cao Chun stopped him, and when the surrounding thousands of county soldiers consciously shrank in formation and set up spears and spears to press forward, Gongsun Zhi glanced at the city wall in the distance, rode his horse back, passed through the team without a sound, and went away in another direction.

Seeing that the leader had left, the whole team had to follow, Zhao Gaifang breathed a sigh of relief, and then the light fell, and the departing team rested in the forest near the foot of the mountain.

"Why did you stop me before...... Kill that dog officer! ”

"Kill? Kill us, and we'll be rogues—"

The quarrel faintly came here, next to the bonfire, Gongsun broke the branches, stared at the flickering flames silently, Cai Yan looked at him: "Today, you shouldn't go, that person is actually a little shaken." ”

“…… So what? Kneel down and beg him? Or Liu Yu? The branch was thrown into the fire, and the fire flashed in his eyes: "He is not afraid of Xianbei, even if Liu Yu accepts these people, Kebineng will not turn his face with him, he is because of me, Gongsun Zhan is contrary to his philosophy, and he is afraid that my father and son will join forces." ”

Gongsun Zhi gritted his teeth: "This old thief doesn't know, he is raising tigers for trouble......

Talking here, on the other side, Yan Rou was sitting in the crowd, there was a sound of snoring and faint crying nearby, he leaned against the tree, his eyes were a little dull, in the past, when Xianbei was a slave, he had also heard about Liu Yu's name of benevolence, but today, seeing the old man kneeling, the admiration in his heart was shaken.

The sound of falling leaves stepping on it, a figure slowly came over, did not sit down, just stretched out his hand to hold the young man's hand, a little warm, "...... Don't be discouraged, child, although the road behind is difficult, there is still a way in the end, even if there is no road...... You can also chisel out one. ”

Over there, Yan Rou raised her head and saw the old man smiling in the black.

"I've always had a wish, but unfortunately I'm too old to fulfill it...... You'll do it for me in the future...... Help me kill six Xianbei people. ”

After speaking, the old figure stepped into the darkness again, leaving Yan Rou feeling inexplicable, but not long after, a woman's scream sounded in the camp, and Gongsun Zhi, who was talking to the girl, suddenly turned up and ran over there, where the crowd was already surrounded, and when everyone saw him coming over to make way, their eyes suddenly narrowed-

The torch light illuminated the surroundings, and under a tree, more than a dozen old men in the team sat there, their pale heads drooping, blood flowing half of their bodies, and a dagger in it, which they thought was clenched dead in the hands of the old men, and not far from their feet were piled up the food they had saved in recent months, some of which had gone rancid.

“…… They're changing lives......" Cao Chun's eyes were wet and red, and then he closed his eyes and trembled slightly.

The crowd pushed away, Yan Rou struggled to squeeze here, and when she saw the old man sitting in a pool of blood, she knelt down and cried out loudly, her voice was heartbreaking.

"Gongsun, what are you doing!" Cai Yan's voice suddenly screamed.

The Law of Sighs –

With a neighing horse, the black war horse rushed out of the woods and galloped towards the distant city, Gao Sheng hurriedly looked for his horse, turned it over and said, "Madame stays here, I will bring someone to follow." ”

In the blink of an eye, dozens of people had already turned over their horses and rushed out, and then more figures rushed out of the woods one by one, with a roaring thunder.

……

Yuyang.

The courtyard near the city walls, the lights flickered to illuminate the study.

After Liu Yu knelt down and sat on the long case, he looked through the classics, and occasionally there were some annotations that made him interesting, so he copied them down casually, at this time he had just finished his political affairs, and footsteps sounded outside the eaves, and the servant carefully pushed the door in to deliver gruel. In the room, Liu Yu scooped up the porridge and was about to put it in his mouth, as if he vaguely heard something.

It's like calling his name......

“…… Master ......" Footsteps sounded again outside the house, and the servant whispered outside, "Outside the city...... Outside the city... Someone is shouting......"

Liu Yu put down the bowl, got up and opened the door and walked straight out, "Go to the city wall." So he gave the servant's instructions, and then got into the carriage, and after a street he had passed a street, and was already under the city wall, and when he got out of the carriage, the old man strode up to it, and the voice outside the city became clearer.

"Liu Yu—" It was a man's voice, and anger resounded in the night.

On the city wall, lit up along the way, the soldier looked at a figure on horseback under the dark sky outside, the old man stood behind the wall, quietly watched for a while, a general came to ask if he wanted to send troops to take down the people, but he waved back.

Outside the city, Gongsun Zhi rode his horse and ran under the city, looking up at the city, his voice sounded majestically, and he let out a heart-rending roar.

"Liu Yu—"

"Liu Yu—"

"Liu Yu—"

The horse stopped, and seemed to see the figure standing on the head of the city, hidden in the darkness, on the city wall, everyone was quiet, and the horses' hooves trampled past.

A man, looking at a city.

"I have been in the north for two years, fighting all foreigners, and I have never wantonly bullied my compatriots, and you Liu Yu, for some foreigners, for some gaps, even don't care about the life and death of the people, worthy of your ancestors, worthy of the Han people!!"

The words paused for a moment, then roared loudly, "You don't deserve—"

You don't deserve ......

The sound echoed in the night sky, on the city wall, Liu Yu looked at the man, and all the soldiers around him also looked at the man, the wind blew through the city, the torches whirred and whirred, and the old man's sleeves were clenched with his fists clenched and his teeth gritted...... Listening to those three words with his eyes closed, he trembled, "Shaft...... What do you know......"

The attendant came to help, but he pushed him away, turned and strode towards the city.

……

"Let's go!"

The war horse neighed, Gongsun Zhi took one last look at the city, and the people on it, and turned away with the wolf horse that followed, floating in the night wind.

He said: "Now that there is no drag...... Let's go to Jizhou to find Zhang Yan...... Let's take the head of this old thief again! ”

……

On the carriage, Liu Yu spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out.

On this night, something in some people's hearts collapsed, and something new was erected, and the night wind whined and blew through the heavens and the earth, the forests, and the walking crowd, and in the near future, they would walk through here again, and it was a different scenery.

The wolf's forbearance is just waiting for the day when his claws will be exposed.

End of the first volume